With South African businesses reeling under power cuts, Andrew Cruise at Routed, advises African channel partners and enterprise decision makers on how to select their cloud service partners. Cloud adoption is rapidly increasing in Africa, with no slow-down in sight. Worldwide Worx research indicates that 69% of companies in eight African countries plan to increase […]

Vibhu Kapoor at Epicor takes us through the market dynamics of ERP business applications and links it to challenges faced by channel partners, offering tips for them to succeed. In the Middle East, enterprise planning is now essential to manufacturers, and heavy industry sectors that are in turn critical to governments’ economic diversification programmes. In […]

Previous techniques like hover and poor grammar are no longer indicative of modern-day phishing attacks says Lance Spitzner at SANS Security Awareness, and urgency and pressure in the message are more indicative. Phishing has been and continues to be one of the most common attack methods cyber attackers use because it is so effective. Phishing […]

In today’s digital economy, the ability to create value depends a lot on relationships built within the IoT eco-system and Larry Socher at Eseye describes the opportunities here for partners. The Internet of Things, IoT is becoming increasingly ubiquitous. Yet, with more devices connected, the opportunities for businesses to innovate and improve their operations are […]

Kinda Baydoun at Veeam looks at four key areas where channel partners remain most engaged in today’s digital landscape and advises them to follow best practices from IDC. Veeam’s ProPartner global services over 35,000 active partners and 450,000 end-customers. Interactions with channel partners throws up a lot of interesting insights that give an indication of […]

Chris McKie at Kaseya explains the tools and technologies that MSPs can harness to take the complexity out of running their clients’ networks. As businesses expand their networks to accommodate ever growing numbers of users and devices, secure access and next-generation wireless technology remain hot topics. There is a clear need for speed and failsafe […]

Four cloud, data centre and edge infrastructure trends will set the groundwork for the future as I&O teams pivot to support new technologies and ways of working says Paul Delory at Gartner. The future of cloud, data centres and edge infrastructure is poised to be led by infrastructure and operations teams, with four major global […]

Just because organisations have backup systems in place does not always mean their data is fully protected in the wake of a loss-causing event says Dr Johannes at SANS Technology Institute. It is no secret that backup systems are critical to preserving sensitive data files from ransomware, theft, sabotage, and accidental loss. However, it is […]

With third-party software support, enterprises have freedom and autonomy back and teams are in complete control of their technology roadmap says Martin Biggs at Spinnaker Support. During periods of global economic and political uncertainty, enterprises have a hard task on their hands. Not only must they continue normal operations, but now it also becomes essential […]

Nothing can be more frustrating than discovering your trusted channel partner is lacking in vital areas and Rachel Thorne at Espria shares a five-point checklist to discover this. With digital transformation, the only certainty in the years to come is uncertainty. We have seen that resilient and agile companies are more likely to survive the challenges facing businesses as technology evolves. […]